Names from my Greek family- Modern Greek
- Panagiota
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"devotee of the Virgin Mary"Description:
From the Greek title of the Virgin Mary, Panagia, which "all holy".
- Panagiotis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"devotee of the Virgin Mary"Description:
From the Greek title of the Virgin Mary, Panagia, which means "all holy".
- Paraskevi
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"preparation; Friday"Description:
Variant of Paraskeve, used in Greece.
- Polychronis
- Sophia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wisdom"Description:
Sophia, which was the Number 1 girls' name in the US from 2011 to 2013, is among the top girl names in the Western World, with a sensuous sound and high-minded meaning. A real winner, Sophia reached the top of the charts without losing any—okay, much—of its sophisticated beauty.
- Spyridon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"basket"Description:
A 4th-century Greek saint's name belonging to a shepherd and bishop, also transcribed as Spiridon. Spyros and Spiros are the charismatic short forms used in Greek - though English speakers might use Spyro.
- Stavros
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"cross"Description:
A name that conjures up billionaire shipping magnates like, for instance, Stavros Niarcos.
- Stavroula
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"cross"Description:
Feminine form of Stavros, often nicknamed Vroula.
- Smaragda
- Theodoros